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Method and device for diffuse excitation in imaging

US9036970B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES · FR

Inventors

Laurent Guyon · Grenoble, FR
Jérôme Boutet · Le Pont-de-Claix, FR
Mathieu Debourdeau · Chambéry, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 5, 2010
Grant date	May 19, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 19, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N21/645
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A coupling device for an optical fiber used in optical tomography examination of a medium includes a mass of diffusing material for a wavelength guided by the optical fiber. This mass includes a bearing surface to be applied against the surface of the medium. At least one housing is provided in the mass to receive the end of the optical fiber.

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